Senate confirms Locke as new envoy
China Daily | Updated: 2011-07-29 07:50
Former US commerce secretary Gary Locke speaks during a meeting in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in this file photo. The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Locke as ambassador to China. Aly Song / Reuters |
BEIJING - Former US commerce secretary Gary Locke will soon arrive in Beijing to take up his new post as US ambassador to China after the Senate unanimously confirmed him on Wednesday.
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